WI vs IND, 3rd ODI: India 225 for 3 (Gill 98*; Dhawan 58, Iyer 44, Walsh 2-57) beat West Indies 137 (Pooran 42, King 42, Chahal 4-17) by 119 runs by means of DLS strategy.

The first two matches of the series were tight challenges where the two teams stayed in dispute until the last ball was bowled. Though, India had it a lot more straightforward during the third ODI in Port-of-Spain, as the visitors finished a 3-0 sweep of West Indies following contributions from Shubman Gill, who hit a career-best 98 not out, Shikhar Dhawan, who got 58, and Shreyas Iyer, who contributed a quickfire 44. Every one of their bowlers contributed as well, as West Indies fell away fast during the chase.

The hosts were approached to pursue a DLS-revised target of 257 out of 35 overs after India posted 225 out of 36, their innings ending early after a two-and-a-half-hour rain delay had previously trimmed it down to 40 overs.

Mohammed Siraj put West Indies on the back foot in the second over of the pursuit, when he tidied Kyle Mayers up with a decent length delivery prior to catching Shamarh Brooks in front with one that calculated in. West Indies were 0 for 2 at that stage, with nine deliveries gone.

Brandon King and Shai Hope momentarily brought them back in the groove again with a 47-run stand before Yuzvendra Chahal had Hope stumped for 22. King was then joined by Nicholas Pooran in another partnership that gave West Indies trust, before Axar Patel’s arm ball in the fourteenth over bowled King for 42.

However, following, Pooran fired a six and four off Deepak Hooda, keeping his side above water as the expected rate drifted around eight an over. Nonetheless, Keacy Carty’s battle to get moving at the opposite end appeared to return tension on Pooran; when Carty at long last chosen to try something different, he skirted down to Shardul Thakur in the nineteenth over just to base edge on to his stumps for 5 off 17 balls.

By then, at that point, West Indies required almost 10 an over, and in spite of the fact that Pooran hit two additional fours off Axar, he fell for 42 in the 22nd over to everything except end the game, which had been set up by India’s opening batters Gill and Dhawan.

In their third effective partnership in a row- following stands of 119 and 48 and presently 113 – the right-left pair began quietly in what was an innings of two parts from India: the first 24 overs created 115 runs; the following 12 brought 110.

Shubhman Gill-Player of the Match and Series

Gill was chosen as the Player of the Match for his career-best 98* (98) as well as the Player of the Series for his astounding 205 runs.

Gill and Iyer added 86 for the second wicket in under ten overs, compensating for the sedate beginning after Dhawan chose to bat on winning the toss. Dhawan hushed up to begin the innings, his 58 falling off 74 balls on a sluggish pitch where he had tried attacking, yet often failed to time and place the ball.

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Dhawan hit seven fours, while Gill likewise hit as numerous alongside two sixes. The first two overs after the downpour break saw 31 runs being plundered- including four fours and two sixes – as Gill and Iyer pulled, cut and drove for entertainment only. Their partnership had just barely begun before the rain got through.

Suryakumar fell for 8 after carving one four behind point only two overs before play stopped, with Gill having skipped from 51 off 65 balls at one phase, to an unbeaten, run-a-ball 98. He could regret passing up on a century, as he got just 13 off his last 14 balls – maybe only another ball would have been sufficient to get to significantly increase figures. Eventually, however, it didn’t have much effect on India’s fortunes.